Akimasa Nakamura
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Akimasa Nakamura (中村 彰正 Nakamura Akimasa, fl. 1990s) (b. 1961) is a Japanese astronomer.
He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. He has worked extensively at the Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory near Kuma, Ehime Prefecture, where he remains a staff member. His observations of asteroid brightness are well known.
The asteroid 10633 Akimasa (1998 DP1),[1] orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, is named after him and was named in 1999 to coincide with him becoming a father.
Nakamura named Main Belt asteroid 44711 Carp (1999 TD4) for "his favorite baseball team," the Hiroshima Carp.[2] He named 9081 Hideakianno after Japanese animation and film director, Hideaki Anno.
Nakamura is a member of the Yamaneko Group of Comet Observers.[3]
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[edit] References
- ^ 10633 Akimasa at NASA JPL Small-Body Database accessed 4 August 2007
- ^ August 2003 Asteroid/Comet/Meteor News accessed 4 August 2007
- ^ 23644 Yamaneko ssd.jpl.nasa.gov Retrieved 2011-01-13
[edit] External links
- Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory - English version
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